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Stocking advice 10 gal?

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I am thinking of starting a 10 gallon tank, plastic plants, polished gravel, light decor. I want to have 3 dalmatian mollies and 3 black balloon belly mollies with a firehouse theme. If I can have more fish, any suggestions? If I can't have that many, what fish can I have? it'll be heated, too. Thanks!

Make sure your fish are all the same sex, or you will have masses of babies, and be overstocked. Actually, may be pushing overstocked already....mollies grow pretty big. With a good filter, you can probably keep 4-5 mollies.

Watch the balloon ones carefully, the other mollies might out-compete them for food, since they swim slower.

No more fish unless you switch species.

20 gallon with a male betta, neons, glowlights, and red cherry shrimp. (work in progess) Recently added a few LIVE plants and driftwood, Woooohoooo!

Yes I know of cycling :)
And I'm sorry I have absolutely no idea what its rated for! I used it in my old betta tank and he did just fine, tank stayed semi-clean besides the small amount of leftover poop and food.

Underground (undergravel) filters tend to get clogged easily - most people don't use them anymore because there are better hang on back (HOB) filters available - you need filtration for at least 20gal and I agree with the stocking advice already given - mollys get quite large.

Edit: what size tank was your betta in? I'm guessing it was smaller than 10gal.